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Weekly Contest #353
Set in Stoneby Hannah M. Dewies ~ 1.900 words One does not, of course, choose to be looked at. One simply is looked at, in the way a portrait is looked at, or a particularly old dog. The hands come in their thousands now — soft, warm, faintly oiled — and they touch what they were expressly told not to touch, and they say things like "oh my god, Brent, I'm literally touching history," and I rather wish the rope were electrified.The barriers help. Not enough, but they do help. At least with the proper ones. I understand the warm ones pay for ...
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